Beyond survival mode: Best practices and creative ideas for coping with the shortages in anesthesiology
The labor shortage has been an ongoing challenge for healthcare systems, and anesthesiology is no exception. This specialty is being squeezed on both the demand and supply sides as health systems search for ways to address the shortfall.
At Becker’s Hospital Review‘s 13th Annual Meeting, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) sponsored an executive roundtable focused on strategies for addressing the labor shortages in anesthesia. NAPA is the leading anesthesia services providers in the US. Two of NAPA’s leaders —Rafael Cartagena, MD, Chief Executive Officer, and Peter Doerner, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer — discussed the challenges in the anesthesia labor market and strategies for hospitals and health systems to address these challenges.
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